Athene

A daughter, after a fashion, of Zeus (she is said to have sprung whole from his forehead) and Metis. A warrior Goddess, and a patroness of Kings, rulers, the palace, government, and the City (poulis) in general. She has become inextricably associated with her...

(wisdom) One of the Titans, child of Uranus and Gaea (Heaven and Earth). Among them, she was considered the most wise, and is said to have provided the young Zeus with good advice when he began the battle against his father. By Zeus, she is the mother of...

Daughter of Jupiter, Goddess of war and peace or, more properly, the decisions and actions of the State. As such, she is also a Goddess of wisdom. Based on an early Etruscan Goddess, She became heavily conflated with the Hellenic Pallas Athene....

The title of the concert, 'Flights of Angels', is a phrase from Shakespeare's Hamlet which was part of the text used by Sir John Tavener in his 'Song for Athene' - a beautiful piece many will recognise from the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales.

ATHENE (or Athena) was the great Olympian goddess of wise counsel, war, the defence of towns, heroic endeavour, weaving, pottery and other crafts.

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